Limehouse St Anne is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Middlesex, created in 1725 from Stepney St Dunstan Ancient Parish; located on Commercial Road.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1730
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1800
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Calvinist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
LIMEHOUSE, a parish and a sub-district, in Stepney district, Middlesex.
The parish lies on the N bank of the Thames, along Limehouse Reach, on the Lea or Limehouse Cut, on the Regent’s canal, and on the London and Blackwall railway, 3 miles E of St. Paul’s, London; forms part of the Metropolitan borough of Tower Hamlets; was included in Stepney parish till 1730; contains the Limehouse, the Regent’s and ship building docks; and has a station with telegraph on the railway, a post-office and pillar-boxes under London E. It was originally called Limehurst, signifying “lime grove;” and it is said to have got that name from the existence of many lime trees on its site.
The old streets are narrow and irregular; but fine wide roads lead to the E and W India docks, and to the Bow-road. The parish suffered great injury from a fire in 1716; and much of its site, prior to that time, was occupied by market-gardens and rope-walks. Many of its inhabitants are employed in ship-building, rope-making, sail-making, chain-making, cable-making, anchor-making, block-making, and other occupations connected with the docks.
The limits until 1838, included part of Ratcliff hamlet, and still politically include the chapelry of Limehouse-St. John, and parts of the chapelries of Bow-Common and Ratcliff. Acres, 265; of which 16 are water. Real property, £76,915. Pop., exclusive of Ratcliff, in 1851, 22,782; in 1861, 27,161. Houses, 3,694. Pop. of the Limehouse-St. John portion, 9,531; of the Bow-Common portion, 1,838; of the Ratcliff portion, 1,927.
The head-living, or that of Limehouse-St. Anne, is a rectory, united with the chapelries of St. Andrews and St. Peter’s missions, and the other livings are p. curacies, in the diocese of London. Value, of St. Anne, with its two chapelries, £714; of St. John, £300. Patron of St. A., Brazenose College, Oxford; of St. J., the Bishop of London. St. Anne’s church was built in 1724, after designs by Hawkesmoor; was one of the fifty erected by Queen Anne; is a massive structure, in the Grecian style; suffered much injury by fire in 1850; and was restored at a cost of £13,000.
An Independent chapel was built in 1866; and there are several other dissenting chapels. There are also national schools endowed with £190 a year, other schools, alms houses, and other endowed charities about £140 a year; the Strangers’ home for Asiatics; and the Stepney workhouse, commonly called the Children’s Establishment.
Limehouse Reach is the part of the Thames between Limehouse and the Isle of Dogs; has a length of about 1½ mile, and a depth of from 10 to 16 feet; and is called in its deepest part, where many foreign vessels lie, Limehouse Hole.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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England, Middlesex, Limehouse – Business records and commerce ( 1 )
Parish chest records for Limehouse, Middlesex, 1766-1880
Author: Limehouse (Middlesex)
England, Middlesex, Limehouse – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Limehouse, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Middlesex, Limehouse – Church records ( 14 )
Church records, 1831-1837
Author: Brunswick Chapel (Colt Street, Limehouse : Wesleyan Methodist)
Church records, 1849-1857
Author: Coverdale Chapel (Limehouse : Independent)
Docklands Ancestors Ltd : parish register transcriptions : compendium
Author: Docklands Ancestors
Parish registers of Limehouse, 1853-1882
Author: Church of England. St. John the Evangelist Church (Limehouse, Middlesex)
Record of members, 1848-1858
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Isle of Dogs Branch (Middlesex); Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Limehouse Branch (Middlesex)
Record of members, 1849-1858
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Limehouse Fields Branch (London)
Record of members, 1849-1861
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Limehouse Branch (Middlesex)
St. Anne, Limehouse : baptism registers 1854-1877
Author: Docklands Ancestors
St. Anne, Limehouse baptisms registers 1833-1854
Author: Legon, James William; Church of England. St. Anne’s Church (Limehouse, Middlesex)
St. Anne, Limehouse, baptisms registers, 1833 to 1854
Author: Legon, James William; Church of England. St. Anne’s Church (Limehouse, Middlesex); Docklands Ancestors
St. James, Ratcliff, baptisms registers, 1841 to 1913 (excluding 1884 to 1897)
Author: Legon, James William; Church of England. St. Jame’s Church (Ratcliff, Middlesex)
St. Peter, Limehouse, baptisms registers 1866-1903
Author: Noon, Christine; Legon, James William; Church of England. St. Peter’s Church (Limehouse, Middlesex)
St. Peter, Limehouse, baptisms registers, 1866 to 1903
Author: Noon, Christine; Legon, James William; Church of England. St. Peter’s Church (Limehouse, Middlesex); Docklands Ancestors
Transcripts of parish registers of Limehouse, St. Ann, Middlesex, England, 1730-1832
Author: Challen, W. H. (William Harold); Church of England. St. Anne’s Church (Limehouse, Middlesex)
England, Middlesex, Limehouse – Church records – Indexes ( 7 )
Computer printout of Limehouse, Brunswick Chapel Colt Street Wesleyan, Lond., Eng
Computer printout of Limehouse, Coverdale Chapel Commercial Road Independent, Lond., Eng
Computer printout of Limehouse, St. John Evangelist, Lond., Eng
Parish register printouts of Limehouse, London, England, (Independent Church, Coverdale Chapel, Commercial Road), christenings, 1849-1857
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Limehouse, London, England, (Saint John Evangelist), christenings, 1853-1876
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Limehouse, London, England, (Saint John Evangelist), marriages, 1853-1876
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Limehouse, London, England, (Wesleyan Church, Brunswick Chapel, Colt Street), christenings, 1831-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Middlesex, Limehouse – Civil registration ( 1 )
Limehouse register of deaths, 1866-1873
England, Middlesex, Limehouse – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Limehouse, 1724
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Middlesex)
England, Middlesex, Limehouse – Public records ( 1 )
Limehouse admission and discharge register, 1838-1851
England, Middlesex, Limehouse – Taxation ( 3 )
Land tax assessment for Limehouse-St. Anne, 1732-1825
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Middlesex)
Land tax assessments for the parish of Limehouse, 1724
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Middlesex)
Parish chest records for Limehouse, Middlesex, 1766-1880
Author: Limehouse (Middlesex)
Administration
- County: Middlesex
- Civil Registration District: Stepney
- Probate Court: Court of the Commissary of the Bishop of London (London Division)
- Diocese: London
- Rural Deanery: Not created until 1858
- Poor Law Union: Stepney
- Hundred: Ossulstone (Tower Division)
- Province: Canterbury